This Day In Music History: March 4th, 2003 – Evanescence explodes with debut album, ‘Fallen’
One of only a handful of post-millennium albums to reach Diamond status by the RIAA, Evanescence’s Fallen arrived at a time where nu-metal was still exceedingly popular – but the tides were indeed changing. That certainly didn’t stop Evanescence’s post-grunge/nu-metal sound, helmed by an instantly recognizable vocalist in Amy Lee, from reaching stardom.